What is the meaning of this quote? or explanation of it?

Question

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.

--Albert Einstein

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Answer 1

I like that quote :)

I believe this quote potentially describes applies to any field, and the essence is that it can be very demanding and tedious to work in science with the time, pressure and commitment it takes to continually research and produce works, while it is nice to learn of others' findings from a bystanders point of view.

Answer 2

Ha! Love the quote..

One sure reason for the quote is that, in most situations where you're earning a living, you have to produce something... The wonderful mistress that is science does not always provide answers... You can work for years on problem, and not find an answer... Or, possibly more annoying, you see a trend in what you're researching (doing A to B produces C more often than D, as an example), but then it turns out to not be significant... And in science, "answers" are derived from something being significant...

Answer 3

For a true scientist,money is not the important thing but seeking knowledge is.

Research in many fundamental science does not make profits.

But give true satisfaction

Answer 4

It means that science is a very rewarding field in ways that don't always translate to a profit.  For instance, the exploration of dark matter and dark energy are not going to make the scientists who explore these things rich, but they get a great satisfaction from unraveling the secret, unknowns of our universe.

Corporations have, for a very long time, funded only the projects which lead to profit.  It's sad...the CEO's and shareholders get rich, but the men who pioneer these fields don't.